青あお白じろきインテリ

noun

armchair intellectual; pale-faced intellectual

A somewhat literary or critical term for an intellectual who lacks practical experience, often with a connotation of being bookish, physically weak, or out of touch with reality. The 青白き ('pale') evokes a studious, indoor image.

• 彼かれは青あお白じろきインテリで、現げん場ばのことは何なにも知しらない。

  He's an armchair intellectual who knows nothing about the actual work site.

• 青あお白じろきインテリの議ぎ論ろんだけでは、現げん実じつの問もん題だいは解かい決けつできない。

  You can't solve real-world problems just with the arguments of pale-faced intellectuals.